Player Dossier

2019-2024

Louisiana

Amir McDaniel

CB • 5'8" • 182 lbs • Pensacola, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Amir McDaniel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

28

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Louisiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Louisiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: App State

Player Story

Amir McDaniel built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a cornerback from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 13, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Amir McDaniel's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.8059

West Florida Tech · Pensacola, FL

Committed To
Louisiana
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

Amir McDaniel, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Louisiana. Amir McDaniel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
90
TFL
7
Sacks
2
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Amir McDaniel quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana · CB
Career Tackles
90
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 32 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Louisiana
Top game
App State
Recruit profile
3-star · West Florida Tech · Louisiana
High school pipeline
West Florida Tech · 17 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
56 tackles · CB 12th (top 3%) · Sun Belt 43rd (top 7%) · National 460th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonLouisiana00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonLouisiana00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana44-0--036.9
2022 Regular SeasonLouisiana101610-3022.2
2023 PostseasonLouisiana54-0--016.5
2023 Regular SeasonLouisiana51011--016.5
2024 PostseasonLouisiana13311--061.2
2024 Regular SeasonLouisiana13534041061.2

Related Context

Amir McDaniel played CB for Louisiana. Across 6 tracked seasons, Amir McDaniel recorded 90 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Louisiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Louisiana paired 11 primary output with 26.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Louisiana

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

15.7

Usage

3

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Buffalo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Buffalo: 2. Arkansas State: 0. Southern Miss: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 4 by 16.7. Old Dominion: 4 by 16.7. Buffalo: 3 by 32.5. Arkansas State: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins2 · Games = 1 · +2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · -2 vs Wins

Game Log

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5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Buffalo

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Buffalo

Result
Sat 12/16vs Jacksonville StateL 31-3444000
Fri 11/10vs Southern MissL 31-3411000
Sat 11/4@ Arkansas StateL 17-3722000
Sat 9/23vs BuffaloSplash gameW 45-3832110
Sat 9/9@ Old DominionL 31-3843000

Player Story

Amir McDaniel story

Amir McDaniel built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a cornerback from Pensacola, FL wearing No. 13, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Amir McDaniel's career was his defensive production: 90 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 32 career games in the available record. That gives Amir McDaniel's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisiana

    2019-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonLouisiana0
2020 Regular SeasonLouisiana00
2021 Regular SeasonLouisiana04.20.80
2022 Regular SeasonLouisiana511.72.25
2023 PostseasonLouisiana215.73-3
2023 Regular SeasonLouisiana215.730
2024 PostseasonLouisiana1126.489
2024 Regular SeasonLouisiana1126.480

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs App State

Week 7 · W 34-24 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#2

vs South Alabama

Week 12 · L 22-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Buffalo

Week 4 · W 45-38

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#4

@ TCU

Week 1 · L 3-34 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Tulane

Week 4 · L 33-41

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Havoc Plays

50.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Louisiana

11 primary output · 26.4 efficiency · 8 usage

61.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Louisiana

61.2

11 primary · 26.4 efficiency · 8 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Louisiana

36.9

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games